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Speakers will review the trend toward heightened HIPAA compliance scrutiny by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the HHS Office of Inspector General including, HIPAA audits mandated by the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Growth (HITECH) Act (part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009) including, discussion of potential proactive actions that can be implemented by covered entities (and their business associates) to position themselves better should they be subjected to a government HIPAA compliance audit. They will also discuss increased HHS enforcement actions taken as a result of complaints and breaches reported under HIPAA/HITECH and will review recent developments related to state attorneys general (AG) civil damage and injunctive actions on behalf of state residents for violations of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.